Down the Stretch for April 19, 2021

With the province back in lockdown and horse racing in no man’s land, Mary Jane Sibbitt created a petition to let Doug Ford know how safe horse racing can be. The race stoppage was a huge impediment to Anthony MacDonald whose thestable.ca has 121 horses and nowhere in Ontario to race. They could not stop the Sovereign Awards and Mighty Heart could not be stopped in his quest for the Horse of the Year Trophy. Sam-Son Farm’s Danceforthecause was named the Outstanding Broodmare and two days later, one of her sons won a Grade III at Keeneland. Chantal Sutherland keeps winning races at Gulfstream, and we also have race calls from Yonkers, the Meadowlands, and just for fun, a race at Oaklawn that gave announcer Vic Stauffer fits.